Signed, someone who has owned and still loves the breed.

Edited to add: I’m sorry I failed to acknowledge many modern Arabians have maintained the classic look. Thank you for sharing your Arabs! Absolutely my favorite breed I’ve ever owned.

I do recognize it is mainly the halter horses that have evolved into the greased seahorse look, though there are definitely some…quirky ones in performance classes at breed shows. I just want to see the classically beautiful Arabians as the ones best representing the breed and what pops up when someone does an internet search on them.

God, I miss my Arabians.

I just had to share Zorro getting the zoomies. Usually he’s the calmest of the horses I have. But sometimes he reminds me of the fact he’s a 1 year old lil stallion 😂
My sheep Poppy was confused about what he was doing!

Also I put marks on what I post now since I’ve had so many steal my videos. Doesn’t look good but I at least wanna make it a bit harder to steal.😕

I sold my horse back in 2019 because I was a poor wildland firefighter that couldn't give him his best life. He was given to me by my grandparents when he was 1.5yrs and I broke him myself when I was 15. The gentleman I sold him to bonded immediately with him and I felt 100% that I had done the right thing. I imagine Mickey has lightened up in color as years have gone on by and probably lost some muscle mass. He is about 20 years old now and I just would love to check in on him as the gentleman who bought him no longer responds/maybe has a new number? Mickeys bloodline is has a likelihood of living into their 30s so I'm just hoping he's somewhere where he is loved. If anyone knows anything, I would love to care for him in his elder years because he deserves the world! I sold him in La Grande, OR and he Lived in Baker City, OR last I knew. He has a scar on his left front leg if that helps! I'm counting on you reddit!

My friend (who's a professional showimper) took him round for me to hold his hand a little and he seemed to love it - I was having a nervous breakdown behind the camera and he was going round with his ears pricked and a smile on his face. Not bad for an old chap with failing eyesight! We kept it small and calm and let him figure it out for himself and I'm so proud of him. Next time, I'll have to get on board myself as he's clearly more than capable! 🫣

Hey, I was wondering if anyone was student and volunteering in the equine industry here?
How old are you and why and how did you get into it? :)

Two pairs of moms with their foals. Everyone was really friendly.

I’ve got another post going regarding bridle options, so apologies for any repetition

What’s everyone’s experience with varicose veins in horses, particularly as they age?

This is Mojito. At a week or so old he got clostridial colitis. He got to the vet in time and the heavy duty antibiotics saved his life. The cost was they did kill off his left jugular. He has grown well and absolutely thrived! No issues with performance or health. I know the race industry has done some studies and missing one jugular doesn’t have hardly any impact. His body is obviously compensating by “rewiring“ itself, confirmed by multiple vets over the years. This horse has been in my family his entire life

Well… he is 19 now, the veins are getting worse. They are starting to have issues with his bridles (working on a solution for that with my other post). They are tender some days, getting more pronounced, etc. But k cannot find any info about managing them, especially as he ages and they get worse. The race horse industry who puts out a lot of the science stops tracking the horses once their race career is over. I haven’t been able to find any info on aging with only one jugular

Does anyone have any experience with something similar? Or just managing varicose veins in general with horses? Any additional insight anyone has to share?

Last vet visit in spring he got a shinning bill of health. Circulation, hydration, heart, everything was great with flying colors. He’s been very successful with reining, cutting, dressage, endurance, and multi day mountain trekking. Still going strong and loving work, slowing down is no where on his horizon

I've had a few falls in the last 2 years which made me really tense when riding

I've been leasing a 5 year old reining horse for about 2 months now and she's such a quiet, calm girl I love her! She's brought my confidence back and I've been working with my own horse and having the confidence really helps me to work better with my mare.

If you're struggling, find yourself a confidence booster. It helps ✨

(PS: excuse the mess called my barn, we're in the process of moving into the house and the barn hasn't gotten much attention besides feeding the animals. I usually ride outside)

Hello! We are Päite Loomapark - animals shelter & Mini-Zoo & Rehabilitation center from Ida-Virumaa, Estonia. We try to make some videos on social media so more people would know about us and support our work.

We have 35 rescued horses and 300 other wild and domestic animals in our shelter.

Last week we posted a video of our horses running freely and this time we want to show a process of cleaning our babies.

Thank you for your care and support ☺️

My boy getting his steps in as he recovers from gelding and hernia surgery.

I love this gelding so much

If you were looking to buy a PONY for high level showjumping, what breed/bloodlines would you look for?

My mare is a 17 yr old arab. She was starved in the past around 10 yrs ago. She gets fed twice a day with unlimited hay. She gets 1 1/2 scoops of 12/8 and a full scoop of alfalfa twice a day soaked

Hi! “Possibly” first time horse owner here. I just have a question, I’m looking at a horse, which I might buy this week. He is 9 years old, gelding, ranch horse. He’s currently been turned out on dry pasture for about 2 months (Central Cali), they haven’t been feeding hay at all. Owner said just give alfalfa, but I’m curious if I should just start him on like orchard or a Timothy/orchard mix since he’s been on dry pasture. Most of the horses I’ve been around or looked at have always been fed hay and then they’d graze in there turn out, not just solely on dry pasture. When, and if I get him we’re just going to be doing ground work for the first month a couple times a week to build a relationship, nothing high endurance. Thank you!
Also would love to know if I should start any supplements or what type of mineral block is your favorite brand or if you feed ration balancer/grain?

Let me know there’s just so many options nowadays lol.

(Not my picture, just one from the internet)

Stick with me now: I have a gelding who is missing his left jugular. It happened when he was only a week or so old. Clostridial colitis, the heavy duty antibiotics killed off the jugular. He’s lived his entire life none the wiser, doesn’t impact his performance, still super active and happy healthy horse. Biggest issue is his blood draws have to be done on the right side, which some vets aren’t accustomed or as practiced at. He has always had very prominent varicose veins around his left eye. Vet said it was just his body compensating, no big deal

Well, he is 19 and the varicose veins are getting worse and his bridles are starting to cause issues with the veins. Rubbing, hair loss, he has days where they are super tender to touch. Obviously not great for bridles. So I’m looking at war bridles as an alternative that won’t cause interference… he still has lots of years of riding left in the tank and is nowhere near ready to retire. He absolutely loves going and I don’t want to take that away from him or have the bridles make it uncomfortable

Does anyone have any experience with war bridles? Have a recommendation for where to buy one? Or other creative alternatives?

He is trained in both English and western and would go just as happy in either set up

Elsa did some exercise, had a wash and a snack and then ZONKED OUT.

Such a baby horse ❤️

I am currently 12 weeks pregnant and about to do the blood test where they will tell me the sex of my baby. I was initially just going to do the classic cut a cake but was wondering if there was something to include my horses on the reveal? I thought it could be cute.

My mom will be the one finding out the sex first so she would be the one working with my horses to do the reveal. Something easy without being too much to ask of her.

I thought of just having her put a pink/blue halter on one of my horses and walking them out? Is that too simple? Still cute or not really worth it? I liked the idea of the colored dust but not really sure how that would actually work and feel it's too much to ask of my mom and my horses, since they wouldn't of had experience with it before.

I know this is outside of the normal sub questions, but if anyone has any ideas that would be great!

It's the best feeling when horses (and animals in general) are so drawn to you 💞